House of Lords – London, 14 May 2018
I was humbled to be included in this anthology of writing, Safar Saath Saath, featuring 32 women writers from all over the world. One of my stories was published as part of the book.
Edited by the eminent author and founder of Vatayan, Divya Mathur, the collection, Ik Safar Saath Saath (Vani Prakashan-Delhi) was launched by Baroness Flather, Mr Virendra Sharma, MP, Prof Francesca Orsini and Shri Tarun Kumar, Hindi & Culture Officer of the High Commission of India, London. This collection includes stories of Indian women writers from the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, China and United Arabs Emirates. The writers, who attended the launch were: Dr Achala Sharma, Usha Raje Saksena, Shail Agrawal, Arun Sabharwal, Zakia Zubairi, Kadambri Mehra and Jai Verma (represented by Matt Turpin). The Forewords are written by Prof Francesca Orsini and Shri Anil Joshi, the eminent poet, critic and Second
Secretary (Hindi & Culture), High Commission of India, Fiji.
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Shikha Varshney, Mr Mirendra Sharma MP and Divya Mathur